Next year he did not come for her. She waited in a new frock because the old one simply would not meet, but he never came."Perhaps he is ill," Michael said."You know he is never ill."Michael came close to her and whispered, with a shiver, "Perhaps there is no such person, Wendy!" and then Wendy would have cried if Michael had not been crying.
J. M. BarrieAbout author
- Author's profession: Novelist
- Nationality: scottish
- Born: May 9, 1860
- Died: June 19, 1937
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